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トラノイヲカルキツネ
Meanings
Expression
Idiomatic
1. person who swaggers about under borrowed authority; small man acting arrogantly through borrowed authority;
(lit.)
a fox that borrows the authority of a tiger
Alt. forms
虎
とら
の
威
い
を
借
か
る
狐
きつね
トラノイヲカルキツネ
Composed of
トラ
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
イ
power; authority; might; influence; dignity; majesty
キツネ
fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown